| Autor: |
Neuberger, Ilana, Tutman, Jeffrey J., White, Christina J., Mirsky, David M. |
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Pediatric Radiology; Jun2022, Vol. 52 Issue 7, p1266-1271, 6p, 5 Black and White Photographs, 2 Charts |
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Background: Palpable masses of the head and neck are a common indication for imaging in the pediatric population. Midline lesions of the infrahyoid neck, particularly lesions isolated to the suprasternal notch, are not well studied. Objective: To delineate the histopathological and imaging spectrum of masses that occur within and isolated to the suprasternal notch. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was performed to identify patients with an isolated lesion of the suprasternal notch that had available pathological diagnoses. Available imaging was reviewed and characterized by fellowship-trained pediatric radiologists and compared by descriptive statistics to the final pathological diagnoses. Results: Eighteen masses isolated to the suprasternal notch with available pathological diagnoses were identified. Of these, congenital epithelial inclusion cysts were diagnosed in 14 patients (77.8%) with dermoid cysts comprising 11 of those (61.1%) and epidermoid cysts accounting for 3 (16.7%). The most common imaging appearance was a cystic or pseudosolid appearance without vascularity. Conclusions: Isolated resected lesions of the suprasternal notch in pediatric patients are most frequently dermoid/epidermoid cysts, with a differential diagnosis including other less common entities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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